Oil filter



Jan. 7, 1930. H. l.. woRBols OIL FILTER Filed July 16, 1925 Patented Jan. 7, 1930 h UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFF-ICE HOHER L. WORBOIVS, OF DAYTON, OHIO, .ASSIGNOR T GENERAL MOTORS RESEARCH CORPORATION, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION-OF DELAWARE on. FILTER.

ApplicationV led July 16, 1925. Serial No. 43,984.

This invention relates to filters partir-zw.

5l culated, grit or other solid particles which cause wear in the cylinders and bearings of an engine when circulated with the oil.

Objects of theinvention are to simplify the construction of oil filters for the uses mentioned; to enable the filtering material to be quickly removed and replacedor cleansed; to afford very large filtering surfaces in relatively small space, and to supply a cleaniuid chamber with walls of fibrous filtering fabric in the form of a'. long, thin, flexible tube, which may be folded orv coiled to fit various forms of filtering' containers.

The invention consists, specically, of a iiltering container having a dirty-fluid and a clean-fluid chamber; said container having a removable cover, to which is secured a hollow core, or otheriluid-conduit, discharging through said cover, and having a clean-fluid inlet from the clean-oil chamber within the container; said clean-oil chamber consisting of a tubular fabric of extensive surface-surrounding foraminous, flexible stiifening ma-A terial, said clean-oil chamber bein arranged with overlapping portions suita ly spaced from each other.

In the accompanying drawings, in which vlike reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views: l

Fig. 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section, illustrating one. embodiment of the invention; i Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective showing a fragment of the clean-iiuid chamber with ,a portion of the filtering fabric forming the filtering walls thereof turned outward to show flexible foraminous stiening plates within;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the clean-Huid conducting core, adapted to be suspended within the filtering container; and

Fig. 5 is a section througha fragment of interwoven wire fabric adapted to serve as a foraminous flexible stiffener in place of the foraminous plates shown in Fig. 3.

Infthe drawings, the ltering container is indicated by numeral 10. This container may be made of any suitable material, such as drawn sheet metal. At the bottom of the container 10, is a boss 11, provided with a threaded perforation 12 adapted to receive a removable plug for the purpose of draining away sediment, or emptying the filter when desired. The boss 11 may be formed in any desired manner. It may be welded onto the bottom of the container 10, if said container is made by die-drawing from sheet metal. The container 10 is provided at its upper end with a iange 13 provided with bolt holes. Removably secured to the flange 13 is a cover 14, which may be of cast metal. This cover has an inlet 15 for Huid to be filtered which, asv shown, is suitably threaded to receive a pipecoupling, in order to connect the dirty or unfiltered fluid chamber of the filterI with the oil or other supply line. lThere is an other opening 16, which, in this embodiment, is disposed in the center of the cover, and this opening 16 is for the purpose of receiving a conducting member, through which clean iiuid issues from the clean or filtered Huid chamber of the filter. The cover 14 is provided with holes adjacent its periphery, said holes being so disposed as to register with the holes in flange 13. The cover maybe secured removably to the container 10, by i 21, threaded on the exterior to receive a.vv

nut 22. The reduced neck 21 terminates in a shoulder 23 adapted to abut against the inner face of cover 14. Below the shoulder oo f 23 the core expands into a body oflarger diameter, whic may be describedas havlng a cross-section of snail-like form, as illustrated in Fig. 4. This bod is formed with Y a hp 24 extending longitudmally of it. The

body contains a chamber 25 communicating with the interior of the container by means of a passage 26, terminating at one end in an elongated slot 27,' and communicating with the exterior of the container by passage 28 through the neckv 21. Formed transversely -through the lip 24, are perforations 29,

adapted to receive pins for securing thely tering element of the clean-fluid chamber to clear fluid, but prevents the passage of dirt said lip.

The v filtering element of theclean-fluid chamber consists of a long boot or tube of fabric 30, which may be canton flannel, o en at one end. This tubeor ba is preferalbly thin and relatively wide. gl which it is composed permits the passage of fectedby interposed struts 33, -such as bits `as at 34, while its outer end at 35 ma of wire soldered, or otherwise connected, by burrs struckfrom the metal of the sheets, or otherwise. The boot or tube 30, in the embodiment shown, is stitched at bothedgs,

e closed by stitching, or may be a fol or bight in the strip of fabric. The inner or open end of said tube is attached to the lip 24 of core 20, by spreading the inner ends of plates 3l, as at 36, and pinning the inner ends of said plates and said tube to said lip,

by means of pins 37 passed through the P ates and fabric and the perforations 29 in the lip. Thus,'the inner end of the tubular ltering vchamber is pulled over the lip 24 and removably secured thereto.

As an alternative form of iexible foraminous stiffening means for preventing the collapse of the fabric tube and providing spacefor free flow of the filtered fluid to the cleanfluid outlet, an interwoven wire. fabric 31a, similar to that shown in Fig. 5, may be used. In the embodiment shown, the clean-oil chamber comprising the filtering tube 30 and stiiening plates, isrolled into spiral form, the turns of thespiral being suitably separated to .afford free .access between the turns of the iuid to be filtered. It will be obvious that portions of the flexible tube may be caused to overlap in other forms than that Shown, whereby an exceedingly large filtering surface may be had within relatively 'smallspace The oil, or other fluid to be filtered, enters the dirty-fluid chamber within the container 10, through the inlet opening 15.

he fabric ofV means are shown in' Fig. 3 as 'an elongated inlet tangential with drain hole 12 plugged, the fluid cannot escape from the container 10, except through the pervious fabric 30, into the space between the stilfenng plates, through the slot 27, passage 26, to the interior 25 of core 20, and out through the passage 28 in the neck 21 of said core, l

Should the filter become clogged, bolts 17 may be removed, cover 14 lifted from the container 12, carrying with it the clean-fluid chamber comprising the core 2O and the filtering tube composed of the fabric 30 andstiffening plates 31 or stiffening fabric 315. The folded or coiled tube may then be seized by the end and straightened out. Access may then be had to the pins 37, which may be removed. Then the boot or tube'of fabric may be slipped from the stifl'ening Jplates and replaced-by a clean tube. The clogged or dirty fabric tube may be washed, if desired, and used again. v

It will be seen that in a filter of this construction, the filtering material, can be very easily and quickly renewed. In the uses for which this filter was intended it is exceedingly important that the oil lter shall be efficient and susceptible or renovation with little trouble, since it cannot be expected that the average operator of a motor car will take sufficient time and trouble to keep in order a filter which cannot be renovated readily. It is coming to be recognized that the presence of grit in the lubricating oil is a serious detriment tothe durability of an `engine and a ma- `terial factor in the causes of frequent replacements and repairs.

While the forms of embodiment of the in.

vention as herein disclosed, constitute preferred'forms, itis to be understood that other A forms might be ado ted,V all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is as follows: 1. A filter comprisin a container having' an inlet for Huid to be ltered; a hollow core L suspended within said container, said core having a lateral elongated inlet formed in a lip extending from said core and an outlet for clean iiuld extending to the exterior of said'container; and a relatively wide and thin tube of fabric surrounding flexible, foraminous stifening means ada ted to separate the walls of said tube of fabric, said tube being telescoped with said lip and detachably s ecured thereto. l

2. A filter comprisin a container having an inlet for-Huid to be ltered; a hollow core suspended within said container, said core havinga lateral elongated lip provided with y disposed with respect to the space within the core, and an outlet for clean uid extending to the exterior of said container; a relatively wide and thin tube of fabric surrounding flexible, foraminous stiifenin means adapted to separatev the walls of said tube of fabric, said tube of fabric being telesooped with said lip and detachably secured thereto.

3. A Afilter comprising a. container having e an opening, a hollow core supported within said container in communicationYv-ith said opening, saidcore having a IateraleIOngated aperture formed with a lip extending from said core, and a relatively Wide and thin tube of fabric rolled in spi-ral form, said tube havving `its open end secured to said core in telescoping relation with said lip.

` InA testimony whereof I hereto ax mysgnature.

Homann. WoRBoIs.. 

